Section 10
SEC. 10. Section two hundred and forty of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-six is hereby amended to read as follows:"SEC. 240. Falsification, or counterfeiting, restoration, or alteration of documentary stamps: possession or use of false, counterfeit, restored, or altered stamps.—Any person who makes, sells, or uses any false, counterfeit, restored, or altered documentary stamp, or makes, sells, or uses any die for printing or making stamps which are in imitation of or purport to be a lawful stamp or die of the kind required by the provisions of this Title, or who erases the cancellation marks or any stamp previously used, or who alters the written or printed figures or letters of cancellation marks on any stamp previously used, or who has in his possession any such false, counterfeit, restored, or altered stamp or die for the purpose of using the same in the payment of internal-revenue tax or in securing any exemption or privilege conferred by this Code, or who procures the commission of any such offense by another, shall for each offense be fined in a sum not less than one thousand pesos nor more than five thousand pesos and imprisoned for a term/not less than one year nor more than five years."